The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

s t :sax ~- 0 '414 - EDUCATION OF THE POOR. ITOYAL VISIT to the CENTRAL SCHOOLS, att the 'HOUSES ,of the BRITISH and FOREIGN SCHOOL SO CIETY, in the BOROUGH and CITY ROADS. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of KENT, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince LEorot-D, inspected the Schools find Establishment of the British and Foreign S c hool. Society. The Roy.tl Visitors were aceona procipA by the' Baroness de Spaeth and other L a dies of dkrjurtion. Alms. Fry, - Nlrs. Gurney, Mrs. and Miss Wood, and many of the Members of the Ladies' Committee, were present. Among the Gentlemen we noticed Sir Alexand'er John stone, Sir Robert Wilson, M. P. L'entenant -Genet al Wetherell, :Nionsieut Letellier, Inspector of the Academy at Rouen, and ninny of the most active Members of the Gentlemen's Committee : the party was select and highly respectable. Their Royal HighnesseS inspected all the opera tions of the system very minutely for neatly two hours, and were pleased to express their high sa tisfaction with the order, regularity, and Profi ciency of the . children ; the system of needle work, in the girls' school, appeared especially to claim the attention of her Royal Highness the Ducl ess of Kent,. who expressed herself much gratified with it. When the exibition was over, the Illustrious Visitors, on getting into their car riages, were cheered by .the aeclamaPions of a great number_ of persons assembled in the toad, who expressed their loyal amd affectionate feelings in the usual way. The Royal Personages then proceeded to attend the anniversary of one of the District Schools, in Nor! h-s . reet, City-road. Afterwards, it being the anniversary of this In stitution, a vety numerous Meeting of Ladies and Gentlemen took place in the School-room, in North-street, to witness the delivery of lordalS to such of scholars as had illwit distinguished themselves ,during the preceding year. Time Duke of Kent arrived about t wo o'clock, accomPanied by his Duchess and Prince Leopold. The Duchess irt .Kent and the Baroness Von Spaeth sat on the right of the Chair ; Mr , . Alderman Wood; and ome other Ladies on the left. The Duke of KEN r opened the business, by stating the object of the meeting, but at the same time observing, that lie waa not aware that this day was the anniversary of the esiablishment of the school. lie was, therefore, taken by sur prise. The best thing, however, which he could say for the institution was what appeared from the paper ia his hand,. namely, that since it was established 3,0-11 buys hail been admitted and educated, and that 616 now retrained its the school. It was the peculiar advantage of this school, that instruction was given to the children of persons of all religions denom . nations. Though, all who heard him doubtless preferred this liberal system, he Would recommend them to act in a conciliatory, manner towards those who, with more confined vieryi,. supported what were called the National Schools, In Which instruction was given to only children educated in the principles of the Church of England. This was, still doing good, though on a less general scale. Though he • had",not been aware of the importance of the pre sent occasion, he was happy to be present ; and he had brought the Duchess of Kent with him, as !Le was desirous that she should he Made aerpoliot ed with,the able manner and liberal principles on .which education WhS conducted in this country. They bad taken great pains in inspecting another achool that morning, and as much time had al ready been spent, be hoped that the business on which they had met would be dispatched as speedi ly- as possible. Mr. WILKS then made a report on the state of the school. He mentioued the number o f boys educated and remaining, as already stated by the Chairman. In the coarse of last year 508 boys had been admitted, of. whom . 252 had already completed their instruction in the school. Durine‘ , the same year.so4 boys had been withdrawn from the.school. During that period 335 had been taught to write, and 159 had been instructed in the principles of 'arithmetic. It had been fully proved by experience, that the great number of. buys composing the pnpils of this school could, by the machinery svhich had been introduced, be easily instructed by one master. This proved.the great utility of the system, .a leading principle of which was perfect tolerance. No children were excluded on account of the religious (ppinions of their parents. They all, however, attended places of worship, some the Church of ,England, some the chapels of Dissenters. About 298 . regularly attended the Sunday schools established in the neighbourhood. There were also some Ca th olic children ; but the charity of the Institution - was, not confined even to Christiaris, for there were among the scholars several Jews. With regard to the state of the Society's funds, he bad to ob serve that 7001. of their debt remained. unpaid ; but relying on the active principle of British cha rity, the Committee saw nothing in that circum stance which should indece them to despair, or in ,any .way relax in their efforts to do gpod. ' . The Rev. D. Idsosas , siaitl that experienc e . had demonstrated the utility of this Institution, which merited the support and encouragement of persons of all ranks and opinions. With this ,conviction, it was his intention to move that the Clergymen and Churchwardens of the district in which the School is established be chosen mem bers of the Committee of Management for the ensuing year. As the time of the Royal Person; tvlio bad honoured thetn with their presence, he Understood, was limited, it would ill become him to trespass on-it. He could not help observing, However, that they had met to celebrate the an niversary of an institution, which, next to Chrii tianity, was of the greatest value, and the most important object on which human support could be bestowed. Theirs was no system of exclusion, bid to all was readily offered that light which led front vice and ignorance to knowleOge and virtue. - wheii he considered who the illustrious Prince was who that day presided over them, and who, as if he thought he could never do enough ie hate cause of charity, had brought with him a Princess, animated by similar feeliogs, to co-operate with hint hi the great work of benevolence, he could not hat augur tlre most advetstagatius result's to the institution. They were - also honotifed with One presence 'of anoaler tirandl of One ItoYal mily, a Prince' who had been united to a Princes, on w h o m the hopes of the people had been placed,. and whose virtues had endeared her to the cOun try beyond any thing he could express, (Prince .Leopold and the Duchess of Kent were at this .time notch moved.) The conduct. and the sor 7 i - ows of that Prince had given him a throne in every British bosom. 'Under such patronage the society might confidently look forward 'to - the triumph of knowledge over ignorance, of morn ' litv over vice. It had been said that the efforts of the Society were unimportant, because, in spite of all they had done, there still existed much de linquency. But Was it to be expected that they should have in a few years removed vicious habits of long standing? Moral instruments work slowly, but every child withdrawn by the Society from idleness and ignorance was a step made sin the prOgresS of social iinprovement. Old as he was, he still hoped to live to witness a great reform, and that confidence was . a,motive for unabaten perseverance. He was happy to see so numerous an assemblage of LadieS and Gentlemen, and he hoped it was not mere cariosity which brought theni there. That they should all desire to see the illustrious persons who had honoured them with their presence was natural; but he was confident that the collection would show„ that while they were gratitivd themselves, they would not forget the interests of the society. lie con cluded with the motion stated in the commence ment of his speech, which was carried unani- moody, Mr. Alderman Woon observed, that it had been usual to make the boys who received the medals read some verses from the Bible, hot at that late hour the Committee were of opinion the reading might be dispensed. with. The Duke of Ka cT thought, that as the meet ing must always depend- on the jOdgment of the Comnrittee in the distribution of the prizes, there appeared no reason for making those boys read to whom it was already determined to give the prize,. The following boys then received medals from his Royal Highness for their progress in reading. viz. Frederick King, Henry Falconer,, Henry Jones, John Sparrow, %trillion) King, James Bonnar. The - periods which these boys had re spectively attended the school, and the religions opinions of their parents were stated. It appeared that most.ot them had only attended a few months, and that the three or four first on the list were members of the Chinch at England. Four received medals for progress in writing, viz. J. Bnckcock, Wm. Frank, Witt.'llolland, an d Wm. Taylor : and two. for arithmetic, viz. George Bland and H. G. Watkins. Mr: J. SmITII moved a resolution: expressive of the gratitude of the Society to the Duke of Kent, for his continued patronage. s Royal Highness, in returning thanks, stated, that the approbation of the meeting would be with him a motive for Fresh efforts in favour of the institution. Mr. Alderman WooD alluded to the pledge which he . hadlormerly- given for the establishment of a Female School. Notwithstanding the debt which from the statement of the Secretary it appeared the Society still owed, he had no doubt but that the great object of extending instruction to the other sex would be accomplished. He had writ ten on 11 , e subject to a lady who had formerly given 500/. to- the institution, and he expected in a day or two a favourable answer from her. There re some buildings adjoining the boys' school, which could easily be procured, and a place for the instruction of ,females might easily be fitted lip at a very small expence. Ile had prepared _a list of ladies, from whom a Committee would be formed, and he was happy to say, that 'he hall authority to place the Duchess of Kent at the head of that list. Her Royal Highness had gra, ciously consented to become the Patroness of die institntion; and they might, thetefore, confident ly anticipate success. He had besides on the list the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Darnley, the Mar chioness of Downshire, Lady Elizabeth Whit bread, amid various other ladiei of distinction. He coneln.:ed by proposing the appointment of a Committee of Ladies. The IteV. ROBERT CROSBYN moved the thanks of the meeting to the Duchess of Kent, for 1144 condescension in becoming patroness of the female school. The Duke of KENT rose and said, be hoped the meeting would permit him to return thanks for the Duchess,.as she was no t yet perfectly:conver sant with' the English language, and if she wt re, her feelings would not — permit her to express what she wished on the _present occasion. Ile could assure them that she felt a warm interest in the success of the institution, and he begged leave to state that the wished to offer on this occasion her first subscription to any English charity, which would be 501. to this institution. "Dr. IteEs, in a short speech, pronounced an eloquent eulitgiorn on the Duke find Duchess of Kent, • and on the institution, which be said was the•only true National School. •'• Sir‘it. IVILSON was happy to have the oppor tunity of expressing his admiration of t'ite -chiles on • which the •institotion was founded. — Here charity was clothed in her pure robe, un stained.by any illiberal distinctions, and' extended her bounty to all who required her aid, without asking what might be their religious faith. While lush uction improved the morals of the people, and withdrew them from vicious habits, the know ledge it spread was the best security for the peace ful enjoyment of constitutional liberty. Those who encouraged this institution svould have the satisfaction of knowing that they were giving the 'means of teaching men how to pay that homage which was due to the Almighty, t h a t obedience which they owed to the Sovereign and the law, and of rightly enjoying that freedom which was t he birth right of Englishmen. Such was the happy conse quences oft he diffusion of k nowledge in this country; but the case was very 'different in despotic govern- Ments. There the educated man became unhappy and dissatisfied, but in England tim such, danger was to be apprehended. In making these obser vations, 'however, he felt that it was proper to render to some despotic Sovereigns that justice which was their due, and which he was in pard• ctilar bound. to •pay • to . the Empiror • of :Russia. That Sovereign, follo w i ng t h e grea t example he had seen in this coutury, had eudea6)ured to dit iuse thrOngh his extensMi..46minjonS that ttno..v . - ledge which - could alone serve to prep are his sub jects for a higher state of civilization. When the value of the present institution was considered, how much ought not the country to feel itself in debtrdlo H6l llon..Member of the Fltmse of Com mons, who has done so touch to rescue from abuse and corruption t heexcellent institutions which their ancestors had founded for the education of thepoor Were totrhattlon.Afember within heal ing he would say more on this subject. At present he shoidd only add, that so long as he Might have a seat in the 1-louse of Commons, that Gentleman might always rely on his humble assistance in.So bene volent a cause: Ile could not sit down without expressing his gratification at seeing then-Illus trious Chairman presiding on this occasion, though he wished to avoid any thing like that adulation which could only disgrace - those who paid it, and offend those to whom it was addressed. It was, however, impossible for the meeting not to feel -gratitude-to that Royal Personage, who, while he was ready to defend the just prerogatives of the , Crown, promoted the best interests of the people in the support of this litstitution. They must also rejoice to see the Princess, to whom their illustrions Chairman was united, coming forward to supprt institutions so betieficial to the people over woom she may ome day be called to reign. There was another illwtriottspetson present who had already secured to himself the attachment of the country, and whose heroism' in the field it had been his good fortune to witness. Since that Prince had been in England, he had gained as muck in the aflectiotts of the people as he had unfortunately shift:led in his own. Bat this was a subject on which it would be painful for him to dwell, and be shookd hvg lea re to drop it by woe hig a Reso lution of thanks to that Prince. Mr. WILKS. seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Prince - Leoeoeo came forward, evidently much ntfeced, arid said, I svieh to express toy gratitude for this kindness. You have already shown the so much sympathy, that I trust you will excuse , Inc for bein~ unable to .Elo more than to say, 1 most sincerely thank you. Mr. Beottortioi rose, partly in conseqtrence of what had billet' from his Hon. Friend, but also 'to sohnLl a motion which had been put into his band by the Secretary,. Before he proceeded, however, be could not help pausing for a moment to express that feeling of delight which he believed must be felt by every well regulated mind, at seeing so large, so select an' assemblage on such an interest ing occasion, and at witnessing the patronage bestowed . by the first persons of the Slate on so useful an iostitution. 'This, happily, was a ction tly in which the diadem the Sovereign wore was great because it was 'limited ; in which those who stood nearest to the Throne were proud to co operate with their .fellow-citizens in works of charity and benevolence; in which those who might inherit the Crown desired less to reign over a great nation than to be at the head of a free people, and hat: less ambition to have at their dig posul millions of men than to be the first citizens of a free state. These examples, as his Hon. Friend had told them, had spread abroad in tine world, and were every where productiveot good fruits. It was warn ing end illuminating the dark and foreign regions of the North of Europe ; and lie who has hitherto reigned over 40,000,000 of harbatiens, now dis dains a sceptre, sinless he can wield it over an educated and civilized population. There was another circumstance on which lie had to con gratulate the meeting. They had that.: day seen the example of two great warriors, who had fought side by side in the field, coming forwaial to support institutions which .secure isogonal li berty, and promote intellectual improvement. It was pleasing to see those %t ho had put down that poet er, which was supported by mere brute force, now meeting together to participate . in the triumphs of humatsity and peace, promoting its this,conntry the blessing of tlfat universal edu cation which was the best security for the maintenance of that civil and religious liberty which formed the corner stone of out Constitution. His Honourable Friend had alluded to the measure which he had had a share in endeavouring to promote in Parliament. ‘Vhat he had done on that subject was already well known to the Meet ing. He hoped when Parliament met again, that something efft•ctual would be done to correct the notorious abuses which had taken place .with re gard to institutions for education, and by which the poor of this cimhtry had been most cruelly Jobbed. Funds, destined to education had been shamefully diverted to luxurious enjoyment, by 4 persons already in possession of wealth, but who nut satisfied with that which was lawfully their own, plunged their corrupt hands into the purse which belonged to the poor. r Many thou sands were in this way yearly plundered by per sons who were regarded as grandees in the country, and its some t instauces these guilty practices were traced to the Church—he meant to recreant,and unworthy members of the clerical body. It would at once astonish and shock the meeting, when he told them that-oue great estate had been violently torn from the poor, whose right it was, ,and its produce at last employed by borough jobbers its the work of political corruption. He hoped that in the next Parliament, he should Le so support ed on this question, that eveey pledge he .had, given with regard to it would be redeemed, and that the patrimony of the poor. %You'd be rescued by force from the fraudulent handi which now unjustly held it. But to retorts to the business of the meeting, when he considered what had beets done by the Royal Family, when he re collected the great example set by .their :ve nerahle Sovereign, he could not but fed a confident reliance on the continued support, of the eldest son of that Monarch. The Prince Regent .bad given many proofs of his being the friend •of education, and he had no doubt that he regarded with a favourable eye the liberal and enlarged principles of the British and Foreign School Society. The National Society bad beets alluded to, by the - Illustrious Chairman ; he not regard it es a rival. It had been called the Sister, and in that respect could not be an object of their jealousy; but, in fact, it„was the cbild of this Institution, and ought to be.viewed by them With kindness. .It any other feeling was displayed i) by the Nations] Society, such conduct would be most unnatural towards a parent. He cvucludvd -- • • ! ie ! Ily tnotiOn of the thank o a f the 11 , teeting' ro t ' f o ;Princes of the Royal. Faintly for their suppw l charitable invitutions. • The poke of KENT returned thanhs ; and te T a 'huge bseliption Ifad been colleCted the Ai g64 ink; briike tip. PROM 'CUE JAMAICA. I'APEit=t• KINGSTON, JUNE 147-:--We regret to state r",`.' loss of the schooner Jane; frdni thii port CO No v ; Orleans. The following particulars are derive d nom a letter from Capt. Litiugsttiri dated Ibe Havanna, May 20 i--a•;. " It i 3 with great regret I Conininnicite an 3e : count of the loss of the schooner Jane, upset in a white squall 'half an hour before tn"', day no the 23d March, about two leagues to (I '4 southward of the Isle of Pines. Notching c "'" possibly be saved belonging to the vessel or earg ° ',. Mts. Shaw, the Actress, and Madame VI, being both in the cabin, were instantly drO wne( as no assistance whatever could he rendered thc' ). . The schooner did not inonettiately g O down, " I ' t our boat being lashed to leeward, w e email I t get at her ; we therefore formed a rafr, a nd the men, and Messrs. Corney, N lan, and got on it. Patrick Flanigan was washed off 3nc drowned ; every one else got ashore o,) the south coast of the Isle of J'ines about tour o 'clock ida the morning of the 24th, after haviog a- b ee r upwards of 16 hours in the wateraa wave of w;' iel / we were up to the arm-pits. " On the following day, we lost Mr. CotneY'. and notwithstanding the most diligent s ea , Y l W ve could not fiad him. He was, however, ntioetia busty preserved himself as well asl'homas Bake' who, from weakness, remained behind, 106 ,1 been conducted by a dog to a house, I , '" 18 i distant from where w e got a abore ; but which, our anxious state, we never di,covered. C hi % what appeared a mistortuae proved a beue fir ' : they never could, in their we,ik state, hav et,- 1 . - dergone the fatigue the rest did for flu! daY s 31i r ; wards without any sustenance; at le n r 3 ; we met a fisherman, who , relieved our war much as lay in his power. We were Sent the Isle of Piaes by the Commandant of t 'island, on the supposition that we belonge' Insurgent vessel, and were kept in custody P ! ' place some days before we were released. N tial i i ; 1 regret to say, was lost in the woods, :en d ' I doubt, l perished of hunger, • Wee days before the catastrophe, we ItA d very light winds, but the night previous i r ' J iri been squally, when the fore-top-sail was tAk ef and the main-sail single reeled, and we w tre ahat state when the accident occurred." The schooner Frien.lship, Martin, from tt;iii port, arrived at Santo-Domingo on the 2 66 ,, i1 , 1 .,...; ThelnitirWitig is an Extract from her 1 , 1 b" ( ' ‘ " ;be May 20, hios miles to toe westward 011.,, Trails, spoke the hria Mary and Sophia, V' r c i l l out 34 days from Kinston, Jamaica, to the Gi ll of Santo-Domingo. Cant. Parker stated tha t ' h bls ing !melt 10 days in sight of Alt - at-eta, and 00t to get to windward, in cons,equence of a s trot'g y pf current, he 'came to an 'anchor o n the i 4tl4 ; e at under Beata, and, being in want of wate r ' i „„0 1 'ashore in the boat to procure some, but tet"l'tbe shortly atter for water casks, when he fou n ' aio g crew in a state of intoxication, they haviag , 'lc' rt. his absence, broached a puncheon of rum. " tid ' Parker's ordering them to put casks into the they abused hint, and then proceeded to act' 0 0e ll'i hence on his person : acy heat him most c r i at' about the head; and inflicted a seve re WOLITO I3 ‘ his forehead with an axe, which occasion° sitti' to lie for some time in a state oh ins el 'i 10 4 e lit y. On his recovering he found three ' el men, viz. John Long, a native of the O e r tV Euglind,,licury . Powers, a Scotchman, 14° , cook (whose name could not he ecollecte'yott Creole of St. Vincent's, had taken the' lo°l " l ., ' sails, rigging, &c. Ste. two water--casks , o li e brig's private signal, and bad,made sattb' / ' ward.-a-Oo the kith May, ,the Mary t"'` ct . ,lol o. "' was boarded by a schooner under Spanis h . 3 thel which; hailed from Porto-Rico. She >4 16 re' P L were cruising against the Insurgents. a -le o took from the brig a kedge, g iving a 0 113 ' 4O ll. in lieu thereof, a tread-rye, and some 1.4 7 P „, They then opened all the cases and h3le' o ,- 1 1 n"' brig's cargo, and searched every thing r"„, 0 0 9 ; nutely, but did not say what. their Wl' Park`, and then Made sail. Slimily after C4P1.1;0 urger c° rpo was hailed by a schooner, tinder Vane/ e lours, which inquired what the former 'de after was, and, on being told, i mate diately "" ern et } ' her, 'and about sun-set both vessels were 5 e f be ( gagiThneg M wa to leerd." ary and Sophia had not ar rived .lestiaatiou on the 28th ult. 10 4 ---------- ACClDENT.—Yesterday morniog, 3 8(1 ' i be 4 one of the market carts in Cotent•G 1 ardu n ' ) 0 0e, asleep upon the load, h a d taper off, wh et of di ther cart (kiting op at the inCllllent, 011e 1 A ro" wheels passed over one of his legs '" )(1 61 r ' ' lid and broke both in a most shockiog luait'itsstoter' was conveyed to the Iloipiral in a Sr-35°e: MCC.; was passing through Fir le :::: , 1:1;11:::::" 1 " Saturday night, as . Mr. ildliday, ' o r, 0 street, ruffians, four or five in number, rii' lle6 ,d 30 1°C be of the plantations near tire gravel ed hull down. 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